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  <title>Hunter patch notes · WoW Forever Tracker</title>
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  <updated>2026-10-16T00:15:23.135000+00:00</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Hunter: Beta build, Oct 15</title>
    <id>https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/2360696/6#hunter</id>
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    <published>2026-10-16T00:15:23.135000+00:00</published>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:15:23.135000+00:00</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Auto Shot now requires you to stand still for 0.5 seconds before shooting, matching early versions of World of Warcraft.
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Developers’ notes: Your character will still fire Auto Shot while casting spells like Aimed Shot or Sniper Shot.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Arrows should now be visible when a character has their bow drawn back.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pets now correctly benefit from Expertise.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Hunter’s Fire traps now correctly scale with Attack Power.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Hunter may now correctly have 1 active Fire Trap and 1 active Ice Trap (was 1 Trap among all types).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pets&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue where pets were only ever inheriting the player’s Melee Critical Strike chance instead of whichever is higher, melee or ranged.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dismember (Crocolisk)
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Healing reduction reduced to 25% (was 50%).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Duration reduced to 6 seconds (was 10 seconds).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cooldown increased to 15 seconds (was 6 seconds).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sonic Blast (Bat)
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cast speed reduction reduced to 30% (was 60%).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Duration reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cooldown increased to 60 seconds (was 30 seconds).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mine! (Bird of Prey)
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Duration reduced to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cooldown increased to 90 seconds (was 60 seconds).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beast Mastery&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Summon Hawk will now correctly cause the Hawk to spawn at the target the spell was cast on.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Summon Hawk will now stick your Hawk to the target that it was summoned on.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue causing the Improved Mend Pet talent to increase the Mana cost of Mend Pet instead of decrease.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marksmanship&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trueshot Aura is now Raid wide.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed an issue where Sniper Shot was not benefitting from a few Marksmanship talents.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Survival&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strider Kick can now be used while disarmed or while no weapon is equipped in your Main Hand.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Resourcefulness now correctly reduces the Mana cost of Strider Kick.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Resourcefulness now correctly activates when landing a critical strike, but it has been changed to only activating on melee and ranged ability critical strikes to prevent spamming.
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Developers’ notes: Is not activated by Traps.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Updated the tooltip for Predator’s Edge changed to better convey that it only increases the critical strike damage of your abilities.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Hunter: Beta build, Oct 8</title>
    <id>https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/2360696/5#hunter</id>
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    <published>2026-10-08T21:32:38.124000+00:00</published>
    <updated>2026-10-08T21:32:38.124000+00:00</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Disengage: Threat reduction was intended to be doubled but was missed. Now implemented.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fixed a bug causing Hunter pets to gain health repeatedly when low health.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beast Mastery&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unleashed Fury now correctly increases your pet’s damage.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marksmanship&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved Concussive Shot now has the correct chance to activate.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Survival&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Improved Wing Clip now has the correct chance to activate and reduced chance to activate if using ranks substantially below your current level.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Expose Prey now lasts 10 sec (was 5).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Entrapment now correctly has diminishing returns.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Entrapment now correctly only activates on Frost Trap’s initial activation, not periodically.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Hunter: Beta build, Oct 1</title>
    <id>https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/2360696/4#hunter</id>
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    <published>2026-10-01T22:56:04.517000+00:00</published>
    <updated>2026-10-01T22:56:04.517000+00:00</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marksmanship&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Icon for Improved Stings changed to be more Vanilla feeling.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The 31st talent Sniper Shot now has a 45-yard Range and increases the range of your next 3 shots made within 10 seconds by 10 yards.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Survival&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Icon for Predator’s Edge changed to be more Vanilla feeling.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deflection’s Parry increase changed to 1/2/3/4/5% (Was 2/4/6/8/10%).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pets&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Aggressive Mode has been brought back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Developers’ notes: There were some tameable beasts with ranks of pet abilities that were too high level for that creature. They have all been fixed. This could result in a bug where your pet “forgot” the pet ability which should not happen after this fix.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Hunter: Beta build, Sep 24</title>
    <id>https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/2360696/1#hunter</id>
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    <published>2026-09-24T22:23:24.849000+00:00</published>
    <updated>2026-09-24T22:23:24.849000+00:00</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pets&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Furious Howl Attack Power bonus reduced 40%.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sonic Blast ability now properly available to Bat pets.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tame Beast no longer works on Beasts that are higher than the Hunter’s level.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marksmanship&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Talenting out of Lone Wolf will no longer cause the Hunter to have -4% damage while their pet is active.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Survival&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Corrected an issue and now Lacerating Strikes can land critical hits.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Strider Kick now increases movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</content>
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